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Brian McMillan

@brianmcmillan.bsky.social
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General Practitioner, Health Psychologist, Clinical Senior Lecturer at University of Manchester. Research interests include the application of psychological theory and digital technology to improving primary care. tinyurl.com/brwmcmillan

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Brian McMillan @brianmcmillan.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
@royalcollegeofgps.bsky.social - anyone know what, where, and when the RCGP annual conference 2026 'social event' is?
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Robin van Kessel @robinvankessel.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
We asked GPT-4.1 and DeepSeek-V3 to process the same clinical cases hundreds of times. Across 12,197 outputs: rampant guideline omissions, hallucinated references, and wildly inconsistent results. New paper in @bmj.com #Health & #Care #Informatics: doi.org/10.1136/bmjh...
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Brian McMillan @brianmcmillan.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Uni of Manchester matched Clinical Lectureships applications open. PhD/MD required. Max 4 years or until CCT. 50/50 academic/clinical. Expressions of interest encouraged. www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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NIHR Clinical Lectureship:-
Please note appointments will be made to the 2016 Resident Doctor pay scale unless you reached ST3 before August 2016 and have confirmation of your protected pay.
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Brian McMillan @brianmcmillan.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Really enjoyed speaking about our work on patient records access this morning @rcgp.bsky.social conference @keeleuniversity.bsky.social
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Brian McMillan @brianmcmillan.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Prize for best paper title I've seen this year goes to... journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Charlotte Blease PhD @crblease.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
📊 New Survey of 1,000+ UK GPs on #GenerativeAI: 🩺 69% say it could improve documentation 📈 59% expect more efficiency 💬 71% doubt AI can support empathy 🧑‍🏫 Only 5% received training journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #GPs #AIinHealthcare #NHS #DigitalHealth #HealthTech #PrimaryCare #AIethics
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Brian McMillan @brianmcmillan.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Our review in @BMJ_Qual_Saf found that giving people online access to their medical records increased self-reported patient-centredness and improved some aspects of patient safety. But many questions remain unanswered. doi.org/10.1136/bmjq...
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Impact of online patient access to clinical notes on quality of care: a systematic review
Background Access to electronic health records (EHRs) has the potential to improve the quality of care. Clinical notes, free-text entries documenting clinicians’ observations and decisions, are centra...
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Brian McMillan @brianmcmillan.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Check out our @nihrspcr.bsky.social -funded paper on patient understanding of the free text in their health record. Do we clinicians need to change the way we write, or could AI do this for us? doi.org/10.1016/j.pe... @nihr.bsky.social
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Brian McMillan @brianmcmillan.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Is anyone else getting a suspiciously high number of followers on ResearchGate recently with 0 citations and 0 publications? I'm getting about 10 a day. Very weird.
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NIHR School for Primary Care Research (SPCR) @nihrspcr.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Missed a session? Catch up now! All 4 episodes of our Bitesize Impact Showcase Series are available on YouTube. Watch and revisit the insights anytime! 🎥📺 🔗 bit.ly/4iNJ4sx #SPCR #PrimaryCareResearch #Webinar #YouTube
🚀 Missed a session? Catch up now!

All 4 episodes of our Bitesize Impact Showcase Series are available on YouTube. Watch and revisit the insights anytime! 🎥📺

🔗 https://bit.ly/4iNJ4sx

#SPCR #PrimaryCareResearch #Webinar #YouTube
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Brian McMillan @brianmcmillan.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Check out Healthy Hearts - Policy@Manchester’s collection on cardiovascular health: policyatmanchester.shorthandstories.com/healthy-hear...
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Healthy Hearts
Improving cardiovascular health nationally and globally
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